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CRichEditCtx.LineFromCharmethod

Gets the index of the line that contains the specified character index in a multiline rich edit control.

Windowsmethoddocumented

Syntax

FUNCTION LineFromChar (BYVAL index AS DWORD) AS LONG

Parameters

NameDescription
indexThe character index of the character contained in the line whose number is to be retrieved. If this parameter is -1, LineFromChar retrieves either the line number of the current line (the line containing the caret) or, if there is a selection, the line number of the line containing the beginning of the selection.

Return value

The return value is the zero-based line number of the line containing the character index specified by index.

Description

Gets the index of the line that contains the specified character index in a multiline rich edit control.

Reference

  • Defined in AfxNova/CRichEditCtx.inc:2798
  • Documented in Windows/WIndows Controls/RichEdit/CRichEditCtx Class.md
  • Topic: CRichEditCtx Class